Elevated carrier.



No. 891,875. 7 PATENTE D JUNE 30, 1908.

B. SNYDER.

- ELEVATED CARRIER; APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1907.

PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

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BYRON SNYDER, OF CLINTON, WISCONSIN.

ELEVATED (JARRIE'l-It.

'Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.-

.Application filed September 14, 1907. Serial 0. 392,943.

To all whomit may concern: 7

Be it known that L'BYRON SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, x-Rock county, Wisconsin, have invented cer- '5-tain new and useful Improvements in Elevated Carriers; and I do hereby declare the .following to be 'a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will en-' able others skilled in the art to which it ap- 10 pertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates to certain improvements in elevated carriers; and the objects and nature of the invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art in the.

light ofthe following ex lanation of the structures illustrated in t e accompanying drawing of what I now consider my preferred construction from among other ar- I vrangements and structures the spirit .and scope of my invention.

My invention consists in certain novel I ,7 features in construction and in combinations and arran ements of arts as more fully and particular y set forth ereinafter: Referring to the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the carrier showing the same locked to the cable .track by the brake. Fig. 2, is an elevation looking in the opposite direction and showing the brake in its normal inoperative position. Fig. 3, is an end view of the box and .a portion of the frame, dotted lines indicating the position of the box when held by the stop device about midway between carrying position and completely inverted or dumpmg position. Fig. 4, is a detail pers ective view of the frame of one of the wheele han ers, the wheel and guard being remove Fig. 5, is a vertical central section through the up er ortion of a wheeled hanger.

'In t e d i'awings, 1, is the elevated track which in the present instance, is shown formed by a cab e su ported by any suitable means, and is 'usua 1y provided'with any suitable trip projection such as 2-, clipped or otherwise secured thereto over the stop or location-where it is desired that the ,carrier shall bedumped to deposit the load of litter or other material transported by the carrier from a barn or other building or location.

'51) 3, is the litter or dump box which can be of any suitable or desirable construction. withan open top. In the present instance,

.1 show trunnions or shaft stubs 4, rigid with and projecting from the box ends and suit:

, 7, and the two parallel legs 8, rigid -wi depending from the ends of the top bar, At

bolt 12, to-enter t ably affixed thereto. At one end, the box' is provided with the fixed curved or segmenta keeper 5, at its crown or elevated portion having the lockin notch or recess 6, to receive the locking olt or latch. A' suitable frame is rovided for carrying the box. In the speci 0 example illustrated, I show a dependlng or inverted U-sha ed frame consisting of the longitudinal tolp ar t and their lower portions the legs 8, are rovided with journal boxes 9, in which t e shaft stubs 4, of the box are mounted and by which the box is supported.

The box is held in carrying osition by a horizontally disposed vertica 1y swingmg latch or bolt 10, at its outer end pivoted to the sideface of one of the legs 8 by a transverse bolt or rivet '11, and from thence extending inwardly over the keeper 5 and at its inner end havingla short depending lug or e notch 6 of the keeper and thereby hold the box in upright carrying position and a ainst tilting. Y

The latch is ifted from thekeeper to permit the box to dump by a system of links and levers comprising the vertically disposed trip .lever 13 arranged about midway the length of the frame top bar 7, and extending 85 above and below said bar and arranged beside the same and between its upper and lower ends fulcrumed'to said bar by a transverse bolt or rivetl. The u .per end of this lever is bent into a horizonta position a distance above the top .bar 7 to form the trip engaging end of portion 15. A vertically disposed lever 16, is arranged beside and longitudinally of the frame bar'- 8 carrying the latch, and between its ends is fulcrumed to said bar by a transverse bolt or rivet 17, and the upper end 'of this lever 16 is operatively connected to the lower end of the trip lever by a wire or rod link 18 arranged in practically a horizontal position and preferably 10( having itso posite ends bent laterally about at right ang es and inserted through perforations through the lever ends and secured lposel therein by cotter pins 19. The lower end 0 the lever 16, is connected to the free 105 end of thelatch by a pull rod 20 and link 21,

loosely connecting the arts.

' purpose consists of a swinging or utton or latch 22, arranged at the side face.

will engage the trip 2, and be rocked thereby,

and the u right lever 16 will be hence rocked to lift the latch, and permit the box to dump.

In the specific example illustrated, I show means whereby the box can be held in position about midway between carrying and reversed positions so that access can be easily had to the bottom and interior of the box for cleaning, after the box has been in use, or the box can be kept in. this position when not in' use to prevent the box from collecting water and snow. The means illustrated for this ivoted of the frame leg 8, preferably the leg not carrying the latch, and pivoted thereto by a transverse bolt or rivet 23, so that the button .can swing toa vertical position at the face of the leg or can be swung into a' horizontal position projecting inwardly into the path of movement of a bracket or socket piece 24,

fixed at the exterior'of the adjacent end of the box and near one corner thereof. When the button is swung down to operative position and the box dumps, the socket piece will engage the projecting end of the button and The hold the box in position on one side.

socket piece merely forms a projecting stop to engage the end of the button and can be of any suitable and desirable form, and-in fact the button can be of any suitable or desirable form to constitute a stop, and one of a grooved wheel, and a guard device to prevent derailment ,of the wheel and yet permit the wheelto freely pass from and to the cable on entering and leaving switches or thelike.

In the specific example illustrated, the

' frame consists of a strong metal vertical upright or frame piece 25, having a horizontal y elongated loop frame 26 arranged at'a side face of the upper end of the upright and rigid therewith and fixed thereto at the central portion of the length of the loop frame; The grooved wheel 27 is mounted in and encircled by this loop frame with the wheel projecting about an equal distance aboveand below the loo J. The wheel is preferably deeply groove so as to follow the cable and curves of the switches or other track ways andcause thewheel and hanger to horizon? tally rockinfollowing the curves of the trackway;

28, is a beveled guard or guide formed on the side face of the upright just below the inner edge of the wheel to guide the cable into the groove. Below the wheel, the upright is formed at its lower end with a strong horizontal ear 29 extending beneath the lower edge of the to 'bar of the box frame, and 30 is an ear para lel with the car 29, and extending across the top edge of said top bar; The hanger is pivotally joined to said top bar by a vertical coupling bolt 31, passed down through said ears and-through the lon-gitu dinal side flanges of the top bar. The vertical inner face of the upright of the hanger between said cars 29, 30, and at the side face of the top bar is beveled off transversel in opposite directions, at 32, from the lOI1 1 tudinal center of the upright, so that t e hanger can oscillate in either direction on the pivot-or coupling bolt 31 as a center, as the wheel follows the curvatures of the trackway.

To prevent derailment of the hanger wheels, I provide each hanger with a guard a comprising a pair of swingable pendants arranged on the opposite side of the wheel from the hanger frame upright 25. The pendants the loop frame 26, and each consists of a freely hanging metal bar 33, at its upper end carried by a transverse bolt or rivet passing loosely through the bar and through the forked end of a bracket 34 fixed to and deending from the end portion of the loop frame. The brackets 34 are rigidly secured to the outer length-or portion of the loop frameand are usually forked at their lower ends or otherwise arranged to bring the guard bars 33, as close to the face of the wheel as )ossible and yet ermit free swing of the ars. Theguard ars depend into engagement with a spring 35, at its central portion secured to the 'top car 30 of the hanger frame with its ends extending in opposite directions and s ringing andconvexed upwardly so as'to yie dingly engage the lower ends of theguard bars and yieldingly hold the same in their normal vertical guarding positions,

are arranged at the opposite end portions of j brake device which can be easily and quickly operated and which can be very economica 1y constructed and is very durable. The

brake mechanism consists of a vertically swinging brake shoe or brake lever 36 ar-.

ranged at the side face of the top bar of the box frame and fulcrumed thereto by a transverse bolt or rivet 37 at about the center of the length of said top bar, that is about midway between the two hanger wheels. The

upper end of this lever 36, is bent laterally or at right angles to form a brake shoe 38 arthe lever between its fulcrum and the position its shoe presses ranged between the track cable-and the top edge of the frame top bar, and the len th lpf ra e shoe is reater than the normal distance between t e cable track and frame to bar, so that when the lever is in the vertica braking u wardly against the cable midway between the hanger wheels elevating the cable between said wheels or engaging the same with sufficient force to prevent movement of the carrier along the .track. The brake-leverv is normally 1n its lowered position swung down with its brake shoe restmg on the top edge of the frame top bar. Suitable means are rovided to operate the brake lever and lbck the same in braking position. i For instance, I show a curved-or bowed horizontally disposed operating bar, lever or handle-39, arran ed longitudinally of the carrier frame an at its ends projecting beyond the same forming the projecting end hand or finger holds 40, beyond the legs of the carrier frame. At

1 .about the center of its length, this bar 39 crosses and is pivotally joined, at 41, to the brake lever at a point between its fulcrum and the brake shoe, whereby the brake lever can be swung vertically in either direction by longitudinal movement of the bar 39 from either end of the carrier frame. Guide loops '42, are provided for the opposite ends of t bar 39, and these loops are rigidly secured to the side faces of the frame legs. The bar 39 '.can be locked against longitudinal move ment to hold the brake lever in vertical braking position by notches 43 in the lower edge thereof at either or both ends of the bar to receive the lower endwall of either or both uide loops. The brake lever and its 0 eratmg bar 39 are referably arranged on t e oposite side of t e carrier frame from the trip ever and connections therefrom to operate the box latch It is evident that various changes and modifications might be resorted to, that elements might be omitted or constructions added, without departing from the s 'irit and S00 e of my invention, and hence do not wis to limit myself to the exact construc tions disclosed.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 2-- 1. An elevated carrier comprising a carrier frame, a dum box mounted therein to assume the uprig t carrying position and the completely inverted dum mg position, means for locking and releasing the dump box for dumpingthe same, and a stop device between the box and frame whereby the dum box can be held in an abnormal intermediate position, substantially as described.

tween said legs to assume the upright carrying position and the completely inverted dumping position, means for holding the box in carrying position and for dum ing the same, a sto arranged on the exterior of an end of the liox, and a stop arranged on the adjacent leg and adapted to cooperate with said first mentioned stop in Holding the-box in an abnormal intermediate position for cleansing or other purposes.

- 3. An elevated carrier com rising a carrier frame, a dum box mounte therein to assume the upright carrying osition and the completely lnverted dumpe position, latch mec anjsm for said box, a stop carried by and projecting beyond an end of the box, and a coo crating stop carried by the frame, one of sai stops being movable to and from the path of movement of the other stop, whereby said box can be stopped in an abnormal intermediate position. 1

4. An elevated carrier com rising a carrier frame, a dump box mounted t erein and rovided with an end keeper, a latch carrie by the frame to cooperate with said keeper in looking the box, a vertically dis osed lever fulcrumed between its ends to t e frame, a loose pull connection from the lower end of said lever to said latch, a vertically disposed trip lever between its ends fulcrumed to the frame, and a rod horizontally disposed between the lower end of the trip lever and the upper end of said first mentioned lever and 1ts ends pivotally joined thereto.

5. An elevated carrier comprising a U- shaped carrier frame, a dump box carried by and arranged between the legs of said frame, a vertically swinging latch to lock said box and ivoted to one of said legs, a lever longitudinally of and beside said leg and between its ends fulcrumed thereto, a loose ull connection between the lower end of said ever and the free end of said latch, a vertically disposed. trip lever arranged beside an intermediate portion of the top bar of said frame and fulcrumed between its ends thereto and projectin above and below said bar, and a horizontafiy disposed connection between the lower end of the trip lever and the upper end of said first mentioned lever.

6. An elevated carrier com rising a carrier frame, a box, and a wheeled hanger comprising an upright at its lower end confined to the frame and at its upper end rovided and rigid with a side horizontally e ongated open 100 frame, a guard depending therefrom, an a grooved wheel encircled by and mounted in said loop frame.

7. An elevated carrier comprising a carrier frame, a box carried thereby, and a wheeled hanger comprisin an upright arranged beside the top bar 0 the frame and having lateral ears extending above and below the same and pivotally joined thereto, the inner versubstantially as described.

'tical face of the upright between said ears being oppositely and transversely beveled,

8. An elevated carrier comprising a car rier frame provided with-a wheeled hanger extending down beside the frame and pivotally joined thereto to oscillate horizontally independently thereof, the face of the hanger frame beside the carrier frame being oppositely and transversely inclined or beveled, substantially as described.

9. An elevated carrier comprising a frame having a wheeled carrier provided with a guard consisting of spaced depending indeengage said bar and normally hold the same in normal guarding position.

11. An elevated carrier comprising a carrier frame provided with a wheeled hanger having swingable guard pendants pivoted at their upper ends, and a spring having upi wardly springing ends adapted to engage the lower ends of said pendants and normally hold the same in guarding position.

12'. An elevated carrier comprising a carrier frame provided with wheeled hangers, and a brake mechanism comprising a swinging brake lever, and operating means therefor for throwing the same into and out of-operative engagement with the track cable at a point between the hangers.

13. An elevated carrier comprising a carrier frame provided with a wheeled support adapted to travel on a cable track, and a brake nteehanism comprising a vertically swinging brake lever fulcrumed to the frame and provided with a brake shoe to engage and press upwardly against said cable, and an operating bar arranged longitudinally of the frame and pivotally joined to said lever to swing the same to and from locking position.

14. vAn elevatedcarrier comprising a carrier frame having a top bar and depending legs, a dump box carried thereby, wheeled supports therefor adapted to travel on a cable track, a brake lever fulcrumedto said top bar and at its upper end having a brake shoe to engage said cable, means for swinging said lever to and from braking position, and means for detachably locking the same .in braking position. 1

15. An elevated carrier comprising a carrier frame having a wheeled support adapted to travelon a cabletrack, a vertieally'swing ing brake lever fulcrumed to said frame and at its upper end having a shoe to engage said cable, a manually operated longitudinallymovable bar arranged longitudinally of the frame and at its ends projecting beyond the same and intermediate its length pivotally joined tosaid lever, and guides carried by the frame through which said bar can slide and move vertically, said bar being notched to engage a guide for locking the lever in braking posi ion.

16. An elevated carrier comprising a carrier frame having a longitudinal top bar, a dump boX, latch mechanism therefor, han ers for said frame, each hanger frame extending down beside said bar and having lateral ears above and below said bar, anda vertical pivot bolt passing through said ears and the ar. 17. In combination, in an elevated carrier, a frame, a dump boX carried'thereby and provided with latch mechanism, a vertically disposed supporting hanger at its upper ortion provided with a supporting whee to travel on an elevated track and at its lower portion provided with horizontal ears between which a portion of said frame rests,

and means confining said portion of the frame between said ears, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. BYRON SNYDER.

Witnesses:

H. A. MOEHLENPAH, MABEL HARrsnoRN. 

